Rhinos win first Roller Hockey title

Published 4:00 am, Saturday, September 2, 1995

MONTREAL - The San Jose Rhinos won their first Roller Hockey International championship Friday night when Ken Blum scored in sudden death of a mini-match against the Montreal Roadrunners.

Montreal had evened the two-game series by capturing the regulation contest, 7-6, on a sudden-death goal by Alain Savage Jr. The Rhinos won the first game of the title series, 7-4, Tuesday night in San Jose.

Darren Colbourne had three goals and two assists for the Rhinos, and Blum had two goals in addition to his game-winner.

Villeneuve on pole&lt;

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Aiming to wrap up the series championship, Canadian Jacques Villeneuve took the provisional pole for the Vancouver Molson Grand Prix IndyCar race.

Villeneuve was fastest in a Reynard Ford-Cosworth with a lap of 55.695 seconds for an average speed of 110.378 miles per hour around the 10-turn, 1.703-mile street circuit at Pacific Place.

* John Andretti won the first pole of his Winston Cup career, setting an event record in gaining the top starting spot for the Southern 500 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway. Andretti had a lap of 167.379 mph on the 1.366-mile Darlington track.

* Kenny Bernstein, the first driver to make a pass at 300 mph, achieved the 400th 300-plus run in NHRA history to pace top fuel qualifying in the U.S. Nationals at Clermont, Ind.

Bernstein, who turns 51 on Saturday, went a quarter-mile in 4.813 seconds at 303.03 mph.

John Force led in funny car, Warren Johnson in pro stock and David Schultz topped pro stock motorcycle after qualifying at Indianapolis Raceway Park.

Norman, Seve miss cut&lt;

CRANS-SUR-SIERRE, Switzerland - Australian Greg Norman and Spain's Seve Ballesteros failed to make the cut for the third round of the European Masters, while England's Stephen Richardson took a two-stroke lead.

Norman, ranked No. 1 in the world and the winner of last weekend's World Series of Golf, shot a second-round par-72 for a 1-over total of 145, two shots over the halfway cut. Ballesteros had a 76 for 150.

Richardson had the tournament's best round, an 8-under 64 for a 13-under total of 131.

* Marco Dawson, seeking his first PGA Tour victory, shot a 6-under-par 65 to share the lead in the Greater Milwaukee Open with Richard Zokol.

Dawson had eight birdies, one of them on a 50-foot putt, for a two-day total of 7-under-par 135 at Brown Deer Park Golf Course. He started the day five shots off the lead.

* Ben Smith shot a tournament-record 9-under-par 63 to take a two-stroke lead over Larry Laoretti after the first round of the Franklin Quest Championship on the PGA Senior Tour in Park City, Utah.

Bruno makes another bid&lt;

"I'm desperate. I've reached the bottom line. This time I'm not going to be the brave loser. You're going to get a winner."

Bookmakers and many boxing observers agree that Bruno may finally achieve his elusive goal. Ladbrokes listed both Bruno and McCall at 5-6.

Gebrselassie prevails&lt;

BERLIN - Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia decided his duel with Kenya's Moses Kiptanui in the 5,000 meters with 600 meters remaining in the first meeting between the world's dominant distance runners.

His time of 12 minutes, 53.19 seconds was an ISTAF meet record but was nearly 10 seconds off his world record.

Neely signs two-year deal&lt;

BOSTON - Cam Neely signed a two-year contract with the Boston Bruins that provides an automatic extension for a third year if his oft-injured knee holds up.

* Goalie Guy Hebert agreed with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim on a multiyear contract.

Flutie out for year&lt;

CALGARY - Quarterback Doug Flutie of the Calgary Stampeders needs surgery to repair a torn elbow tendon and will miss the rest of the Canadian Football League season. Flutie, the league's four-time most valuable player and its biggest star, said he will have the operation on his throwing arm next week and would need 4-6 weeks to recover.

Pleasant Hill woman wins&lt;

RENO - Drew Hylen of Denver and Lynda Norry Adams of Pleasant Hill won titles in the U.S. Amateur Bowling Championships.&lt;

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